Using ipv6, Using ipsec – HP Designjet T3500 Production eMFP User Manual
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Using IPv6
Your printer supports almost all network connectivity features using IPv6, just as it does using IPv4. To make
full use of IPv6, you may need to connect your printer to an IPv6 network in which there are IPv6 routers and
servers.
In most IPv6 networks, the printer will configure itself automatically as follows, and no user configuration is
necessary:
1.
The printer assigns itself a link-local IPv6 address (which starts with “fe80::”).
2.
The printer assigns itself stateless IPv6 addresses as indicated to it by any IPv6 routers on the network.
3.
If no stateless IPv6 addresses can be assigned, the printer will try to obtain IPv6 addresses using
DHCPv6. It will also do so if the routers instruct it to do so.
The stateless and DHCPv6 IPv6 addresses can be used to access the printer, and in most IPv6 networks this
will be appropriate.
The link-local IPv6 address works only in the local subnet. Although it is possible to access the printer using
this address, it is not recommended.
It is possible to assign a manual IPv6 address to the printer, using the front panel or the Embedded Web
Server. It is also possible to disable IPv6 completely in the printer. However, it is not possible to disable IPv4
in the printer, and therefore it is not possible to configure the printer as IPv6-only.
NOTE:
In typical IPv6 use, your printer will have multiple IPv6 addresses, although it has only one IPv4
address.
TIP:
You are recommended to give a name to the printer. You can do this from the front panel, or (more
easily), from the Embedded Web Server.
TIP:
You will generally find it easier to use IPv4 unless you have a specific need to use IPv6.
Most of the current PC operating systems and HP printing and imaging devices have IPv6 enabled by default.
Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, later versions of Windows, and the new HP
Printing and Imaging devices, have IPv6 enabled by default. For further information on IPv6, see
discusses how name resolution plays a fundamental role in Dual-Stack transition methods. Using the name
resolution algorithm in Windows, the document goes through various network environments and studies
how the introduction of routable IPv6 addresses will affect network applications. It also discusses DHCPv6,
SLAAC, and the impact to DNS, and makes some recommendations.
Using IPSec
Your printer supports IPSec.
However, successful IPSec configuration requires advanced network expertise, and is beyond the scope of
this document. For IPSec to work, the printer’s IPSec configuration must exactly match that of the other
devices in your network. Any discrepancy will prevent communication with your printer until the
configuration is corrected or IPSec is disabled. For more information on IPsec configuration, download the file
IPsec_Admin_Guide.pdf
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Connect the printer to your network
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